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Jael

woman who kills Sisera

Woman who kills after his defeat in Judges.

6 appearances1 Bible books1 known aliases

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Wife of the whose tent stands apart from the rest of her clan when flees the battle at the . She invites him in, covers him with a rug, and gives him milk to drink, then drives a tent peg through his temple as he sleeps. The Song of celebrates her as most blessed of women in tents, and her act fulfills Deborah's prophecy that the LORD would sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.

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